Tag: traffic
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ABC Guts Road Safety Plan
Yesterday at Vancouver City Council, Ken Sim’s ABC majority voted to gut the Vision Zero Safe Mobility Plan by rejecting safer speed limits on the city’s most dangerous roads.
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Vision Zero supports safety improvements on 16th Avenue
On October 14 2025, a driver turning left from Willow St hit a woman crossing 16th Avenue with a baby in a stroller. A security camera captured the incident; the video is extremely disturbing and we don’t recommend watching it. The baby was fortunately unhurt; the woman is in hospital with life-altering injuries. This didn’t…
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Demanding Safer Streets
Read more about the two billboards we put up in Vancouver in the summer and fall of 2025!
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Take Action: Renewing Vancouver’s Vision Zero Plan
Vancouver is failing on its vision zero goals We all know at least one person who’s been seriously injured or killed in a crash. And anyone who walks or cycles in our city is used to frequently feeling unsafe because of vehicle traffic. Simply put, Vancouver’s roads are not safe – but it doesn’t need…
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Vision Zero Vancouver: 2024 Vancouver Council in Review
It’s been 2 years since the current Vancouver City Council was elected so we’re going to see how their 2024 went! (See our Year 1 report card and our scoring criteria here.) In 2023, there were 2 motions we were especially excited about – Broadway active transport lanes and intersection safety cameras – and both…
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Let’s Ban Right-on-Red in BC
A red light means stop, right? That’s what we teach our kids from a young age. It’s a universal signal. Except for the one case when it doesn’t. In BC, drivers are allowed to turn right even when facing a red light. Right-on-red (RoR) serves to make car trips slighter faster at the expense of safety…
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A cyclist was killed by a driver in East Vancouver. Why it happened, and why it’ll happen again if nothing changes.
April 18, 2024 On April 17 2024, a cyclist was killed by the driver of a Dodge Ram pickup truck in East Vancouver. People will use the word “accident” but this didn’t need to happen. A long list of policy failures got us here. FAILURE 1. The lack of protected east-west cycling infrastructure across the…
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